American Civil Rights History
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Covering more than 500 years of the African-American experience, African-American History offers a fresh way to explore the full spectrum of African-American history and culture, with tablet/mobile-friendly videos and slideshows, images, biographies of key people, event and topic entries, primary sources, maps and graphs, and timelines.
- HeinOnline Civil Rights and Social JusticeStudy the expansion of civil rights in America through government publications, legislation, Supreme Court briefs, and more.
- American Memory Project: The Civil Rights EraCollection of various documents and photographs pertaining to the Civil Rights Movement, particularly on the subjects of desegregation and in the realm of entertainment and entertainers.
- Amistad Research CenterFor over 50 years, the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University in New Orleans has developed and housed archives that document the modern Civil Rights Movement.
- Black Panthers: MSU Libraries Digital CollectionPamphlets, propaganda, and other documents pertaining to the Black Panthers.
- Civil Rights Digital LibraryNews videos, sound recordings, books, articles, flyers, newsletters, reports, records, diaries, photographs and much more pertaining to the Civil Rights movement in America. Fully searchable, or browse by events, people, topics, places or media type.
- Civil Rights Primary Source Sets: Library of CongressCollection of primary sources covering the topics of Reconstruction, segregation, Jim Crow laws, and the NAACP.
- The CrisisFully digitized issues of the Crisis magazine, a publication of the NAACP focusing on civil rights and equality issues. Digitized issues cover the years 1911-2011.
- FBI Records: Civil RightsDigitized FBI records concerning Civil Rights cases, organizations and leaders.
- The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute (Stanford University)Select documents including speeches, telegrams, notes, and writings of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Photos from the Civil Rights MovementGoogle Arts & Culture Exhibit: High Museum of Art
- We Shall Overcome Travel ItineraryList from the National Parks Service pointing out Civil Rights historic sites. While there are no primary sources available from the site, it provides a valuable directory and secondary information that will lead you to the location of primary sources.